Sing along with us this Christmas.
Lyrics, the story behind each song, and a print-friendly sheet for singing together.
Joseph Mohr & Franz Gruber · 1818
“Silent night, holy night, all is calm, all is bright…”
Isaac Watts · 1719
“Joy to the world, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King…”
Adolphe Adam · 1847
“O holy night, the stars are brightly shining…”
Charles Wesley · 1739
“Hark! the herald angels sing, "Glory to the newborn King"…”
John Francis Wade · c. 1751
“O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant…”
Traditional English · 17th century
“The first Noel the angel did say, was to certain poor shepherds…”
Phillips Brooks · 1868
“O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie…”
Traditional French · 18th century
“Angels we have heard on high, sweetly singing o'er the plains…”
Edmund Sears · 1849
“It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old…”
Traditional English · 18th century
“God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay…”
John Henry Hopkins Jr. · 1857
“We three kings of Orient are, bearing gifts we traverse afar…”
Traditional · 19th century
“Away in a manger, no crib for a bed…”
Latin, tr. John Mason Neale · 1861
“O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel…”
John Mason Neale · 1853
“Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen…”
Traditional Welsh · 16th century
“Deck the halls with boughs of holly, fa-la-la-la-la…”
William Chatterton Dix · 1865
“What child is this, who, laid to rest, on Mary's lap is sleeping?”
James Montgomery · 1816
“Angels from the realms of glory, wing your flight o'er all the earth…”
Nahum Tate · 1700
“While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground…”